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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A58265) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 50487) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 507:24) Reasons humbly offered to the High Court of Parliament for an additional supply of wooll for the islands of Guernezey, Jersey, Alderney and Serk 1 sheet (1 p.) s.n., [London? : 168-?] Broadside. Caption title. Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. eng Broadsides -- England -- London y 17th century eebo Reasons humbly offered to the High Court of Parliament, for an additional supply of wooll for the islands of Guernezey, Jersey, Alderney and Serk. [no entry] 1680 1 397 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2009-01 Sampled and proofread 2009-01 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Reasons Humbly offered to the High Court for Parliament , for an Additional supply of Wooll for the Islands of Guernezey , Jersey , Alderney and Serk .

WHereas by an Act of 12 Car. 2. Intituled , An Act for Prohibiting the Transportation of Wooll , &c. there was liberty , given to Transport from Southampton certain quantities of Wooll to the said Islands ; viz. to Guernezey 1000 Tods , to Jersey 2000 Tods , to Alderney 200 Tods , and to Serk 100 Tods . But since the making of that Act the Inhabitants , and the Manufacture of Stockins being very much increased , double that quantity will not be sufficient to carry on the said Manufacture , by which alone the aforesaid Inhabitants do subsist .

Therefore 't is Humbly desired , That to the Act which is now passing a Clause may be inserted , to increase the Number of Tods to be Transported to the said Islands , which is conceived may be fit to be granted , for the following Reasons .

1. A further supply will appear to be necessary , if it be considered that there are in the sole Isle of Guernezey at least 4000 Knitters , who making 4000 pair of Stockins a Week ; do thereby weekly Manufacture about 60 Tods of Wooll , and consequently above 3000 Tods in the Year : Which being so , and the Parliament taking now effectual care for preventing the Transportation of Wooll into France , from whence the said Inhabitants were necessitated to supply themselves with English Wooll , without which they cannot possibly work there Stockins . It is from thence evident , that unless some greater quantity be now allowed them out of this Kingdom , more than half of the said Knitters will remain Idle ; and not being able to subsist , must either Starve , or be an Unsupportable burthen to the rest of the Islanders .

2. The King's Service doth require it ; for otherwise the King must be at extraordinary Charges to preserve those Islands , if through want of what is so absolutely Necessary for their Subsistance , the Inhabitants should be reduced to extremity of Want and Misery , which must render them incapable of making any Defence against the Publick Enemy .